Nelly Luckett : BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester

I've spent the last week or so at Broadstairs Folk Week, during which I attended a workshop being held by a wonderful storyteller called Mark Lawson, on how to be a successful and engaging storyteller, so I decided to take notes as I decided that these may aid me in narrative writing and/or directing voice actors for future projects. Below are the notes that I took during the workshop: Key Points: Pacing Moral of a tale Try to avoid "Once upon a time" - Like waving a little banner + untrue Perrault - France, Grimms - Germany, Jacobs -England; fairytales/folk tales. What is a story? Something that fires up the audiences imagination - often a tune/rhythm in the story - takes time and practice Has to be more embellished than just a timetable or report - description work usage very important. Important tools: Alliteration Tempo Mood Atmosphere What makes a Storyteller? He or she narrates a story - NOT a story reader - tied hands/energy - Story

So I decided that I had hit a bit of a block with coming up with new concepts yesterday, so I decided to develop one of the drawings I had already done. Even if I don't decide to use it in the end, its helped me get back into the mind set for more idea generation. Anyway, here was the origional drawing: And this was the first development drawing I did of her: Now back to idea generation for me. More ideas soon I promise!  E.

This week we received the summer project that is to be completed before beginning our first year of the CAA course in a few weeks time. The first stage of this process is the beginning of idea generation. We were given a number of objects, from which we have to create 101 different concepts (including life forms, machines and structures) and then develop 3 of these further.  These are the items that we were given to develop the concepts from. They are ordinary objects, but the trick is to create the extraordinary or unusual concepts from these. The following are the concepts that I have created in the last few days: